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School Aid Bill Killed By House Fatal Vote Follows Adding Of Anti-Scgregatioli Rider ' By KARL R. BAVMAV WASHINGTON W-The Mount Thursday nailed in anti-segregation amendment to the tchool aid bill then killed the entire measure. A 224-194 vote against final passage came after a day of hectic confusion. It climaxed a bitter fight on the. issue of whether slates which practice racial segregation in thrir public schools' should be barred from jetting construction money from a proposed $1,600,000,000 w mum UOIID3 As was predicted the bill for federal aid for schoolhouse con struction was defeated after the House had again supported the Towell amendment making federal aid conditional on acceptance of desegregation. The vote on final' passage was 124 against to 194 for the bill. The party division was as follows: For the bill 119 Democrats and 75 Republicans; against it 119 Republicans and 105 Democrats. Members of each party are blam ing the other for defeat of the bill. Defeat came through a bipartisan coalition of conservative Republi cans and Southern Democrats. Lines were redrawn however on the vote for the Powell amend ment, as 140 Republicans and 77 Democrats voted for It and 146 Democrats and 46 Republicans voted against it. In this case the Southern Democrats were in the opposition. Republican opposition was based on two counts: Some opposed fed eral aid; believing that the states were-not only responsible for sup port of education but also that they are able to provide education. An other basis of opposition was the rejection of amendments offered by Rep. MeConnell of Pennsylvania to carry out the idea of President Eisenhower to apportion the funds on the basia of need. The Kelly bill which the Democrats supported based distribution chiefly on school population. Rep. Halleck of Indiana said that if these amendments had been adopted M GOP members , (Cantlaeed ea edltertal page, 4.) Home Burns At Silverton f ILVERTON Fire destroyed the reaidenct Thursday of Mr. and Mri. E. T. Boughton. S3 Short St. They had been tenants there for about a month. The bouse It owned by D. V. Wol ford of Silverton. Except for a new television set and a few other item, all personal belongings were destroyed with the house. Silverton Fire Chief Larry Car penter said the fire started at the back of the house. Cause of the blaze was not determined, nor was it known whether the house and furnishings were insured. Mrs. BoughUta.'who wefworking In the front portion of the house, ia said to have been unaware of the fire until after it was reported by neighbors. Drivers Cited After Crash A two-car, collision at the Hayeiville Junction on Highway ppE, about 4:50 p.m. resulted in the arrest of both drivers in volved, slate police reported Thursday. Arrested on a ehsrge of reck less driving was Ronald Dale Kucera, 1940 N. Front St., of ficers said. Charged with an Im proper right turn was Mollie Fa gran, 4550 Portland Rd., reports showed. Both cars received ex tensive dsmage. I'.. AID PAYS OFF MANrLA W Vice President Richard Nixon said Friday U. S. aid had "stopped the tide of Com munist aggression threatening not only Europe but Asia." WllBERT "It's for yew . . . yew staky s it toe wonts to know whore yen ' keep the Are oxtlnf wltherl" 1 fund Before killing the bill, the House adopted on a rollcall vote of 225 192 an amencWnt by Rep. Powell (D NY) requiring slates to'"eom ply with decisions of the Supreme Court" to be eligible 'for federal aid. It was a day of swiftly-changing coalitions. Republicans and' North ern Democrats teamed up to write the Powell amendment into the hill. But then Republicans and Southern Democrats joined' forces to defeat the whole measure. The rollcall on the Powell amendment found 148 Republicans NEA Disappointed Over Bill's Defeat PORTLAND OT A apokesmaa for the Nalioaal Education Assa. expressed disappointment Thurs day at the defeat ef federal schawl building aid la the House but said "at least now we koow who our real friends are and who was Just giving lip service taufedrral aM." James L. McCasklll. NEA leg islative director, told a reporter "we have something bow that we have aever had before a record vote." and 77 Democrats for it. while 146 Democrats and 46 Republicans were opposed. On the tally which defeated the bill, 119 Republicans and 105 Dem ocrats voted against the measure, while 119 Democrats and 75 Re publicans were for it. Blames Democrats Rep. Halleck IR-Ind) said aft er the final vote that "Demo crats must take the responsibility for killing the bill" by refusing to go along with COP backed amendments to apportion the funds for school construction largely on the basia of need. . President Eisenhower, in urg ing a lMi billion dollar aid pro gram over a five-year period, had wanted the need factor stressed in relieving the school room short age. The bill as defeated would have based aid largely on school population. Would Have Switched Had i the Republican . proposals been included, Halleck said, at least "50 fellows on our side would have gone down the line for it." Northern Democrat, on the other hand, blamed what they called the-"same old coalition" of Republicans and Southern Dem ocrats for the biU'i defeat. Rep. Wier (D Minn) said fed eral aid for schools lost because of "the solid Southern bloc and the solid Republican bloc, who have opposed any federal aid to education at all." Moslem Strike Slows Algiers ALGIERS. Algeria IT - The rebel Nationalist leadership Thilrtav. 0ai'A an unHnn i akl a demonstration of Its sway over ... .... . .. ' .. l0irl M nclem nnnidarim urifh a general strike that was roughly 95 per cent effective. Whether the sway is due to con viction or fear was a matter of conjecture. Any how nearly all Moslem workers of Algiers stayed away from their jobs. The walkout, called on the an niversary of the French capture of Algiers in 1130, did not exactly tie up the city. Europeans account fpr roughly half the city's 600.000 population and most of them went about their occupations. But Algiers definitely lacked its usual animation. Rain Forecast In Area Today It will be cloudy tonight with a few isolated showers' today, forecasters report. Today'i high i expected to be 72. At the coast, partial clearing is forecast with a light rain to night. Westerly winds. from 10 20 rulea per hour are foreseen sndrlow temperature of 55, high of 65. Husband Tries to Kill Cancer-Ridden J' , i Wife; She Pats His Hand, Doesn't Know NEWCASTLE, England UH-Har-old Mercer sat with tear-dimmed eyes at the bedside of his dying wife Sarah Thursday and talked of the future he knows she will never have. Gray-haired Sarah, 49, palled his hand. "It's nice to see you again, love," she murmured. She did not know that her hus band, also 49, had been in jail on a charge of attempted murder her murder. She did not know that behind the hospital fpf stood two warders from Durham Jail, watch - x. . -, . , I -. 106th Year Love Splendid, But Sometimes, Painful, Too - GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (4y -A marriage proposal while driving Thursday sent the in tended bride to a hospital and left about $225 in damages to two cars. Eugene M. Scherphorn, 23, told officers he proposed to Marylln Kingery, 21, of Big Rapids, and she threw her arms around him, causing him to lose control of his car which struct a parked auto. MiCTttingery was treated for bruises. Salem Holdup Try Nipped; Man Slugged A gasoline statioa attendant was struck on the head m aa apparent holdup attempt a b e t 9:20 p.m. Thursday at a Chevroa statioa at 23M Center Street, city police re ported. Dale Arnold Niccolson, 540 Will Ave., Keizer, was not seriously in jured, reports indicated. No mon ey was taken. Niccolsoa told police that he closed the station, owned by Joe Kirk, about 9:10 p.m. As he walked around one side of the building he met a man who appeared to have a gun cupped in his hands, Niccol son said. ' The man told him to "get around here," the service station attend ant said, and then directed him toward the street. Niccolson said a second man attempted to get behind him and struck him on the left temple with a hard object. When Niccolson yelled for help, the men turned and ran, he said. Niccolson immediately contacted police. - Police were holding two men on vagrancy charges Thursday for questioning as to a possible con nection with the case. PGE to Build Power Loop Around Salem A $150,000 to $200,000 trans mission line loop project around Salem which will reduce outages in event of power emergency is underway by Portland General Electric Company. Fred Starred, Salem district manager for PGE, said Thursday routes for the lines have not yet been finally selected but right-of-way negotiation are in Vie process. One new line will tie into the Liberty area substation and will go east and north to tie into a new substation under construc tion on Boone Road southeast of Salem. Another line will run north from there to tie into the Middle Grove Substation on Sil verton Road. Both new lines will operate at 57.000 volts with a capability of 111 AAA ..A1t. ' The new lines will permit feed ing power through any of the company aubstations during time of power emergency, cutting out some of the outages caused when 1th? Prcwnt -" ''t ' fnr Logging Truck Kills Youth SWEET HOME I -A youth from Healdsburg. Calif., was killed and his brother was injured Thursday when their car side swiped a logging truck about nine miles west of here. Dead on arrival at a Sweet Home hospital was Loren Harold Schotiweiler, about 14. His broth er, Marvin Dean Schouweilrr. 16, driver of the car, suffered severe cuts and other injuries. The two were working in this area. After hitting the truck the car went 25 feet down a bank to a railroad grade. PRISON RETVRNED HEIDELBERG. Germany Wt The United States is returning to Germany most of area in the big war crimes pison at Landsberg. It once housed hundreds of war criminals, now holds only 20. ing him. She did not know that be hind the happy reunion lay the combined efforts of two members of parliament, a petition by her neighbors and the humanity of Ionard Newcombe, ' governor of the jail. Mercer came to the hospital from there. He is awaiting trial on charges of 'trying to kill his wife with 13 sleeping pills to relieve her suffering. She has cancer. He aM is accused of attempted suicide. He has pleaded guilty tn the suicide charge, but Innocent of attempted murder. 4 SECTIONS-28 PAGES Steel for Defense Frozen Federal CoiUrol Of Supply Result Of Walkout . WASHINGTON Wl The gov ernment Thursday night froze warehouse supplies of steel prod ucts ineeded for defense produc tion. The freeze order, issued because of the steel strike, is effective at midnight Thursday night until further notice. It is designed pri marily to make sure that non- defense customers shall not ob tain steel needed for aircraft and guided missiles and for atomic energy commission projects. The freeze came as no surprise. Officials confirmed Thursday that such an order had been drafted to hoard available supplies of steel for critical defense- needs in view of the strike. The Commerce Department said about 1.250 recognized steel warehouses in the United States, its territories and island posses sions are affected by the freeze. Exemptions were made on cer tain types of steel to assure small business of getting supplies and to make sure steel, products are available for maintenance and re pair of industrial plants. (Story also ea page t. sec. 1) U.S. Air Force Still Superior, Twining Says (Picture oa Wlrepkote Page) GETTYSBURG, Pa. 11 Gen. Nathan F. Twining reported Thursday Russia probably has more jet aircraft than the United States but "there is no question" that this country haa the better air force. Fresh from a visit to Moscow, the Air Force chief of staff gave this appraisal to newsmen after reporting on his trip to President Eisenhower and top Pentagon brass gathered here. Twining was guarded in his talk with reporters and his blood pres sure seemed to rise a bit under their persistent questioning. But he made these contributions to the debate raging over comparative U. S. and Soviet air strength: Remains ia Front 1. There is no question, as far as he can tee, about this country's remaining In front in the air pow er race in the next few years. Qualitatively, it is in front now. 2. Nevertheless, Russia might surpass the United States in mili tary aviation by 1960 if, as Twin ing put it, this country goes to sleep and does not keep moving. Ahead "Nnmberwlse" 3. The Russians "probably afe ahead of us in jet aircraft num berwise." 4. He still thinks, as he did when he testified before congres sional committees last month, that the two nations are "about the same" in the overall number of military aircraft, counting Navy, Coast Guard and Marine planes, as well as the Air Force. 5. On Air Force development, he believes "the programs the Air Force has recommended are sat, Isfactory, at this time." Thus Twining stood generally ith the administration on Air Force policy and against a power ful group of senators who contend the United States is losing ground to the Soviet Union in the strug gle for world air supremacy. Tooth Truth Given Airing CHICAGO (AP) Superstitions and false beliefs about teeth are' .11 : .1 I i . I IUit.J sun wiuesprron in mc unm-" States, says the American Dental Assn. One common misconception Is thst pregnsncy causes tooth de cay. ''Dentists are continually hav ing to debunk the old wives' tale that a tooth is lost for each child born," the dental group reports, "Fortunately, dental health ed ucation is convincing more and more people of the necessity for frequent use of toothbrush and toothpaste and regular visits to the dentist," it states. Sarah knew nothing of this. She believed that her bricklayer hus band finally collapsed from the strain of nursing her for four years and that he had been in a hospital too. 1 ' The visit lasted an hour and 40 minutes. Then Mercer came out. From a little side window, his daughter, Connie, and her husband watched. "He was crying with hap piness," Connie said. ' As Mercer drove back lo his lone ly prison cell, Sarah smiled through her pain. She said; "I'm so glad he's better." KUNDBD .1651 Porepfts Plead fer uCodhopeir; Trap by JPdfce IMS GOP to Remove Nudes From YEAH 8 i- 8AN FRANCISCO A Redla ctatae entitled "Lea Tree Bembrea" official aroma for the GOP complaints caused a quick eaacetlatiea. The owaer ef the publishing hoave which printed the pro gram said the cover had oeea Only One Measure Faces Voters Voters will have only one initiative measure to vote on in No vember as the filing deadline came and went Thursday with three possibles that were short 01 tne necessary signatures. The lone measure on which completed petitions were filed before the 5 n.m. deadline calls for banning commercial fishing in Ore gon's coastal streams south of the 253 Perish; Holiday Toll Sets Record By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The nation's one-day observance of Fourth of July brought violent death to 253 persons 137 of them in traffic accidents. A final tabulation Thursday showed 77 persons drowned and 39 met death from miscellaneous causes. 1 . Oregon had no fatalities in the period. . The toll set a post-war high for a one-day Independence Day ob servance. There were 105 traffic deaths in 1951, the only other one day celebration since World War II. The casualty list also was much longer than on the recent one-day Memorial Day holiday. On that occasion there were 109 traffic deaths, 31 drownings and 33 mis cellaneous deaths. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the National Safety Council, lik ened the toll to. the 128 deaths in the recent two-plane disaster in the Grand Canyon. He said: "We can only hope the nation is half as excited and horrified over this catastrophe as it was over the single more dramatic accident, and that there is equal determination to see that such a needless holiday toll can never happen again." BOOZE-LOVER FILLS UP ' GATES A liquor-loving looter took a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of, vodka from a home W earlv Thursday mnrninf. slate police reported. No other articles were reported missing, officers said. NORTHWEST t.KAOl-R At Kalrm 4, Yakima . At Kpwkant Wmatrhre (rain). At Ltwhlon S. Trl-Clly t. COAST l.r.AGl'R At Portland 1. Mollvwood S. At Rarramrnto 4. Ran franriacn 3. At l-na Anifln IS. San Dia(n . (Only samra Khrriulrd I AMKRICAJf t.KAOl'K At Bmtnn 1. Nw York A Drlrnit 1.1, C'lavrland 7. (Only games achfduled 1 NATIOMAI, I.CAnt'B At Nw York Br""Kivn l rain). A Milauk t. rhlrafo 7. (Only fames achtduJtdj The Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, U N ,l. v UBLICAN NATIONAL i ian frflnrlico National CmvcbUob Thursday, but approved ay the uur national Initiative Columbia. Just pver l.uuu snorx 01 ine re- quired 40,093 signatures lor a constitutional amendment meas ure was Giles French's legislative reapportionment plan. Ex-legislator French, In Salem Thursday to report his near miss, had this to say about future attempts for his plan: "I am not one to be easily dis couraged. Having been one to meet with many disappointments in my time, I'm not one to throw my tail over my back and run for the tall timber." One-to-Each Plan The Morp publisher's plan would have given one senator to each of the state's 36 counties and apportioned House members or the basis of population sim ilar to the plan of U.S. Congress. There was no word Thursday night from sponsors of a meas ure to give the state a lieutenant gbvernor, and another to limit financial responsibility of rela tives in caring for indigent fam ily members. Though only one initiative measure will be on the. Nov. fl ballot, voters will have a chance to vote on five statewide bills referred by the Legislature, an other referred by petition of the people, and one for Marion Coun ty only. Sub-Districts Provided The Marion County referen dum would, provide for sub-districting of the county into two districts for purposes oi choosing legislators. A 3 per cent tax on cigarettes, voted by the 1935 Legislature but blocked by referendum petition of the public, will go to a state wide vote. Five constitutional amendmenta referred by the 1955 Legislature are to place the emergency clause on any tax law voted by the Leg islature, authorizing the state to accept and dispose of bequeaths, repeal provisions dating from 1859 fixing the salaries of top state officials, to double the pay of legislators, and to impose qual ifications for county coroners and surveyors. Lane Grand Jury Hears Witnesses . EUGENE uB The Lane County grand jury investigating a charge that funds had been emrKpled from Moses Moody, a state con vict, convened again Thursday. Among those going before the grand jury were Ernest Lundeen,' Eusene attorney: S. M. Calkins, retired Eugene attorney; Edward Leavy, deputy district attorney, and Allen T. Wheeler, former Lane County commissioner. wnnm Friday, July 6, 1956 Program Cover .1 T V A C0;VNT.G;J auguit 195G was wriated ea the cover ef the within a lew Bowra a wave ef coBsauiiee, at mrepaeie;. Picture of Ike To Replace Rodin Statue SAN FRANCISCO ( - "Under no circumstances" will the pic ture of a statue of throe dejected- looking nudes be used on the cov er of the program for the Repub lican National Convention here. it was announced late Thursday. Mayor George Christopher and Edmund O'Brien, executive direc tor of the GOP arrangements committee, said in a joint an nouncement that the photograph of Auguste Rodin's grim statue 'under no circumstances will be used" despite the fact that sev eral thousand copies already have been printed. O'Brien added that the cover never had been accepted by the arrangements committee. It waa among aeveral which were under consideration, he said. After a conference Thursday afternoon a final decision was reached on what the cover would be, he aaid. He described K as a portrait of President Eisenhower superimposed upon a backdrop photograph of the Cow Palace's Auditorium and stage where the convention will open Aug. JO. Oregon Strawberry Harvest Nearly Over CORVALLIS OB The Oregon strawberry harvest is just about over for the year, the Oregon State College extension service re ports. Uniar f. 'i.M. Mt W. yielding berries for another to1 days. Processors expect a slightly smaller pack than last year. QIIAKE SHAKES TOWN SAN SALVADOR. Fl Salvador i A prolonged earth tremor shook this capital at 2: IE p. m. Thursday. The undulating shocks were mild. There were no reports of casualties nor damages. 104 'Bugs' to Compete in Soap Box Derby Sunday Salem's fifth annual Soap Box Derby will be held Sunday, July 8, at Bush's Pasture with 104 "bugs" slated to scoot down the ramp at Derby Downs. Preliminary heats, In the "B" class, will start at 1:40 pm. The final championship race between the winner of the "B" class and winner of tbe "A" division is set for 5:30 p.m.; firand champion will represent Salem at the All-Ameriran Soap Box Derby finals at Akron, Ohio, next month. Many, of Sunday's competitors will bring their home-made bug from neighboring, towns includ ing Alhsny, Dallas, Sweet Home, Corvallis snd others. Derby Downs, a long sloping slab of asphalt, is located star PRICI S Father Offers Cash; :. Police Fear Slaying WESTBURY, NV Y." (AP) - A police tran Wted M-itV dummy ransom failed Thursday to lure Peter Weinberger " " kidnaper into promised contact, and the babyi desolate pax. ents pleaded lor new word. ,. . A police official conceded for the first time, that thf month-old infant might no longer be alive. Ti. i,;i.i-. fn, fnn-;. i WVinherepr. a well-to-do drtiff .. r - -r ..... talesman, told police he had real money ready, not wads of nanitr tn nav llie dpmamlfvf . 4.. 2,(XX) Tansom. As a second dreary, rainswept night fell on prosperous Westbury, police activity -at the Weinberger home diminished noticeably. Officers Leave ' By t p. m. all police officers had left the acene and the big, brick ranch house had settled down to lonely sorrow. The hope, a police official said. was that the kidnaper . would be encouraged by the absence of po lice to make contact with the family. He said the ransom Dote left when Utile Peter was snatched from his carriage Wednesday aft ernoon contained enough informa tioa to identify the kidnaper to the family. Complying with the note's In struction, ransom packages were placed outside the Weinberger house Thursday morning. Blaak Paper Wads But the only real money in the envelopes waa oa the outside of wads of blank paper cut into the sise of currency. The child a mother, Mrs.. Mor ris Weinberger, a tiny, brown- haired woman, left Peter alone ta his carriage oa the patio while she went into the house tor a fresh diaper. She was Inside only a few minutes. When the returned to the patio, the child was gone. A note was left In the carriage. The note directed that tt.ooo in small bills be placed at an Inter section near the suburban home. Because there are two similar In tersections nearby, police said they put out two packages one at each. The kidnaper a owa dead line for picking up the ransom waa 1 o'clock. laMtrswtiaaa Ooeerved "Every instruction about leav ing the package was observed." Detective Chief Stuyvesant PlnneH told newsmea after the deadline passed The only apparent devia- tioa.wai the substitution ef worth less" paper for actual currency. Neither of the packages was picked up and eventually they were retrieved. At one point during a discussion ef the kidnaping. Pinnell qualified a remark to report en by adding: "If the child Is living -Peter's mother, Beatrice, tried to broadcast an appeal to the kid naper ever a Long Island radio station. But she fot out only a few choked phrases before she broke dowa and cried lo detec tives: . "You read this. I cant." Foraaala Oatilsted In the broadcast Peter's formu la was outlined for the kidnaper. Later, when the had regained composure, Mrs. Weinberger told newsmen she has been married seven years. The family, which includes another son, Lewis, four years old. haa lived ia a $35,000 home here for four years. , Pheasant Proves 300-MiIe Secret RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) Re- turning from a trip to Canada. Dale Edwards lifted the hood on his auto Thursdsy snd a pheas ant hopped out of the space be tween his radiator snd the front grille. The bird ran Into a near by field and disappeared. Edwards said he remembered seeing a pheasant hen fly in front of the car at Port Huron, Mich., 300 miles away. the Mission Street side of BusVa Pasture, just to the resr of Me Culloch Stadium. The ramp, said to be one of the finest In the country, has been given new con crete curbs and the starting slope has been resurfaced. Thirty-seven boys, age 11 and 12, have signed up as "B" class entrants. Sixty-seven older boys, age 13 to IS, are entered in the "A" division. A total of 90 boys participated in last year's Derby, which saw Howard Stensland of Salem carry off the champion ship crown. Time trials, at which drawings (or heat and lane numbers will take place, will he held Saturday morning at 0 o'clock at Derby Downs. (Add. detalU aad Hal of n traata, Psge 4, fee. 1), JflSriiYPi) No. 101 s I " W W wC W W l- i apt . fG Q G Q V M I f S I' r .... . WESTBUIY N. Y, Peter Wela- ' eerer, ftmr-week-old tea el Mr. and Mrs. Morris Weinber ger who was kidstaped Wedaee. -day. (AP WlrephoU). -..' WESTBVIT. N. YV-Mrs. Morris Weiaberger borate Into tear Thursday as she pleads by ra dio far kidnaper to return kef baby bey. (AP Wlrepkote). Louisiana Senate i Vetoes Interracial Athletic Events f BATON ROUGE. La. 11 - The Louisiana Senate Thursday voted - - .. , . a 33 -q w outlaw social events ana -athletic contests involving; both : Negroes and whitea. . The measure must return to the ; House for concurrence In a Senate amendment before going to Gov. '. Earl Long. He haa not indicated ' whether he will sign or veto the proposal. The amendment would delay ef fectiveness of the bill until Oct, 15, to permit Shreveport's base- baseball , team to complete the -Texas League season. , Sen. J. D. de Blieux tried to ! amend the bill to remove athleU les and athletic training from iU ' provisions, but waa voted dowt 30-2. 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